Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Today in the Sobel Timeline: April 15

On April 15, 1836, the Manhattan Bank, the fourth largest in New York, declared insolvency, part of a growing bank panic that would cripple the economy of the Confederation of North America for the next six years.

On April 15, 1853, C.N.A. Governor-General William Johnson informed Mexican President Hector Niles that he would accept Niles' offer from two years earlier to negotiate peace terms to end the Rocky Mountain War.

On April 15, 1920, newly-elected Mexican President Emiliano Calles announced that he would present his legislative program to the Senate within a week.

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